The Choice is Yours

With the date for the Lok Sabha elections and three Assembly by-polls fast approaching, amidst all the political campaigning, HERALD looks at the issues that matter the most to the Goan electorate

MANDREM

Reason for by-poll

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Dayanand
Sopte resigned as MLA and from Congress and joined BJP

Number of voters

32,129

Issues

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The
major problems the constituency is facing unemployment and water scarcity

Election Results 2017

Dayanand
Sopte, INC: 16,490

Laxmikant
Parsekar, BJP: 9,371

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NORTH
GOA

Number of voters

5,52,337

Issues

Several
Pernem residents and activists are opposing the proposed Mopa Greenfield
international airport project. Government has already set a deadline to
complete first phase by 2020. However, Supreme Court recently suspended
environmental clearance granted to the airport. Then, there is the mining
crisis and the urgent demand by the public for its resumption. Also, the need
for  sustainable development of tourism
and infrastructure.

Election results 2014

Shripad
Naik, BJP:  237,903              
     Ravi Naik, INC:132,304

Dattaram
Desai, AAP: 15,857                 Suhas Naik, CPI: 5,640

Dayanand  Narvekar, IND: 4,128           Raju Dsouza, SJP( R): 3,216

Mittu
Mujavar, IND: 1,813                     None of the Above, NOTA:
5,770

MAPUSA

Reason for by-poll

Death
of  Francis D’Souza

Number of voters

29,103 

Issues

Mapusa
is hit by irregular water supply, has to have the bus stand upgraded, suffers
from the garbage menace, and parking issues

Election Results 2017

Francis
D’Souza, BJP: 10,957                  Vinod Fadke, MGP: 4,129

Vijay
Bhike, INC: 3,013                            Shraddha Khalap, AAP: 2,321

Dominic
Alphonso, Ind: 1,543                Sanjay
Barde, NCP: 289                        

Rameshwari
Morajkar, GSRP: 103         None of the
above: 409

SHIRODA

Reason for by-poll

Subhash
Shirodkar quit as MLA and from the Congress and joined BJP

Number of voters

28,919

Issues

Shiroda
faces water shortage, badly needs a bypass road at Shiroda bazaar, widening of
existing roads at Bethora to prevent accidents, new Borim bridge and bypass
road at traffic congested Borim, more industries, socio economic development

Election Results 2017

Subhash
Shirodkar, INC: 11156              Mahadev
Naik, BJP: 6286

Abhay
Prabhu, MGP: 5815                        Molu Velip, AAP: 586

Nilesh
Gaonkar, Independent:  447       Diya Shetkar, Independent: 140

SOUTH
GOA

Number of voters

5,79,281

Issues

Zuari Bridge completion, South

Goa District Hospital for South,

opposition to coal hub, Coastal

Regulation Zone notification, taxi

related issues

Election results 2014

Election results 2014

Narendra Sawaikar, BJP: 198,776            Reginaldo
Lourenco, INC: 166,446

Churchill Alemao, AITC: 11,941               Swati
Kerkar, AAP: 11,246

Govind Gaude, IND: 7,152                        Raju Mangeshkar, CPI: 4,437

Shalom Sardinha, IND:  2,586                   Venus Habib, IND: 790

Savio Rodrigues, GSRP: 783                     Balkrishna Salgaonkar, IND:
683

Cliffton De Souza, BMP: 666                     Jawahar Dias, GOA: 530

None of the Above, NOTA: 4,333

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